TACLOBAN CITY – The municipality of Calbiga in Samar province implemented a pork holiday from Thursday, August 1, to Friday, August 16, to prevent the spread of African Swine Fever and protect the hog industry. Mayor Red Nacario issued an executive order calling for a pork holiday after the...
CATARMAN, Northern Samar – A national conference on pioneering Visayas historian Fr. Francisco Ignacio Alcina was held at the University of Eastern Philippines here along with the launching of the National History Month celebration on his 350th death anniversary on Wednesday, July 31. PIONEERING...
TACLOBAN CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel surrendered to the military in Barangay Domrog, General MacArthur, Eastern Samar on Saturday, July 27, following the death of their squad leader in an encounter on Thursday, July 25. YAPE (78th IB FB) Lando Yape, alias Rose, a member of the...
TACLOBAN CITY – Northern Samar aims to become the freediving capital of Eastern Visayas. DALUPIN Island in Northern Samar. The province is seeking to become the freediving capital of Eastern Visayas. (Wikipedia) To achieve this, the provincial government will host a freediving certification...
TACLOBAN CITY – A high-ranking official of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed in an encounter with the military on Thursday, July 25, in General MacArthur, Eastern Samar. Brig. Gen. Noel Vestuir, commander of the 802nd Infantry Bridade, identified the fatality as Joel Guarino, alias...
By MARIE TONETTE MARTICIO TACLOBAN CITY – Suspected shabu worth over P57 million was recovered by two farmers in Barangay San Roque, San Isidro, Northern Samar on July 14. The farmers found the contraband in two white transparent plastic bags in an abandoned and dilapidated hut near their...
By MARIE TONETTE MARTICIO TACLOBAN CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources said that no cat or pig died from eating allegedly contaminated sardines or tamban in Santa Rita, Samar and this city. BFAR personnel in Samar collect seawater for red tide testing. (BFAR-8) Several cats and...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Army recovered high-powered firearms in the boundaries of hinterland Barangays Calingatnan and San Mateo in Borongan City, Eastern Samar on Tuesday, July 9. Found were a baby Armalite, five long magazines and four short magazines for M653, 248 rounds of...
TACLOBAN CITY – A fire hit the camp of the 78th Infantry Battalion in Barangay Lalawigan, Borongan City, Eastern Samar on Sunday, July 7. Brig. Gen. Noel Vestuir, commander of the 802nd Infantry Brigade, stated that faulty wiring caused the fire. No injuries were reported as most of...
Phivolcs The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said a moderately strong earthquake, measuring 5.0-magnitude on the Richter scale, struck Northern Samar on Sunday, July 7. Phivolcs recorded the tremor at 12:01 a.m. and located its epicenter 10 kilometers northwest of Lope...
President Marcos assured farmers, fisherfolk, and their families in Calbayog City, Samar that his administration recognizes the challenges they face in the agricultural industry and is ready to help address these problems. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. talks to the farmers and...
President Marcos has pinpointed the immediate rehabilitation of the deteriorated segments of Maharlika Highway in Samar province as one of the focuses of his administration in improving the region’s economy. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. delivers his speech during the distribution...
